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disorders. I continue my lecturing at the Academy of Health Education and Social Sciences in Łódź, Poland, where I teach generał psychiatry to nurses and social workers.

In 2009 I received Ph.D. in psychiatry from the Medical University of Łódź, Poland. The title of my Ph.D. thesis is „Brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) and neurotrophin 3 (NT-3) serum blood levels, cognitive functioning and level of experienced stress in patients with schizophrenia-like psychoses untreated and treated with quetiapine”. In January 2010 I started my residency training in psychiatry at the Central Clinical Hospital of Medical University of Łódź, Poland. This is a large psychiatrie hospital, where I work as trainee. I also do night duties and work at the Emergency Psychiatrie Unit. Moreover, in order to gain morę experience I work in two psychiatrie outpatient centers for adults and in a nursing home for adults with mental disabilities (mainly schizophrenia and mental retardation). I plan to complete my speciality training in psychiatry in 2013.

LANGUAGES

Polish

English

Swedish

Spoken

Native

Fluent

Basic

Written

Native

Fluent

Basic

RESEARCH WORK

Main area of interest in research

My primary field of interest is metabolic syndrome induced by antipsychotics, treatment refractory schizophrenia and biomarkers of schizophrenia. I have completed some research projects on these issues. Currently, I am focused on metabolic safety of electroconvulsive therapy, disturbances in central and peripheral homeostasis-regulating neuropeptides in subjects treated with atypical antipsychotics and relationship between bioelectrical impedance analysis, positive and negative symptoms severity and cognitive deficits in subjects with schizophrenia. In the futurę I also plan to set up a research lab for metabolic disturbances in schizophrenia.

Books:

1. Przyrost masy ciała indukowany lekami psychotropowymi - podłoże neurobiologiczne, mechanizmy działania leków, przeciwdziałanie. Continuo, Wrocław 2012, ISBN: 978-83-62182-23-7.

Publications:

1.    Wysokiński A. Orzechowska A, Strombek M, Gruszczyński W. The metabolic syndrome -bibliography review. Psychiatria w Praktyce Ogólnolekarskiej 2007; 7(4): 170-175.

2.    Orzechowska A, Typel D, Wysokiński A. Talarowska-Bogusz M, Gruszczyński W. Funkcjonowanie psychospołeczne kobiet w okresie klimakterium. Psychiatria Polska 2007; XLI(Suppl 3): 293.

3.    Wysokiński A. Gruszczyński W. Current diagnostic, clinical and therapeutic conceptions of frontotemporal dementia. Psychiatria Polska 2008; 42(3): 365-376.

4.    Wysokiński A. Gruszczyński W. Diagnostic difficulties linked to frontotemporal dementia -case study. Psychiatria Polska 2008; 42(3): 377-382.

5.    Gruszczyński W, Florkowski A, Gruszczyński B, Wysokiński A. Classification of mental disorders of soldiers participating in peace missions and warfare actions. Polski Merkuriusz Lekarski 2008; 25(supplement 1): 55-58.

6.    Wysokiński A. Gruszczyński W. The role of Disrupted-In-Schizophrenia genes (DISC1 and DISC2) in schizophrenia State of the art. Postępy Psychiatrii i Neurologii 2008; 17(2): 149-156.

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